New york city rhythm-artist: barry manilow as sung on "greatest hits" -arista a2l 8601-did not chart on billboard-words and music by marty panzer and barry manilow(city rhythm, oo, city rhythm, oo, city rhythm, oo)when my heart (city rhythm) is torn apart (oo)by the love i wish i hadwell, i spend my (city rhythm) nights in the city's lights (oo)and things don't seem so badya know the movement seems to soothe meand the tempo takes controland i lose my blueswhen the new york city rhythm fills my soulit's the new york city rhythm runnin' though life (city rhythm)the poundin' beat of the city streets that keeps my dreams alivei'm lost (i'm lost), i'm found (i'm found)i'm up (i'm up), i'm down, (i'm down) but somehow i surviveit's got to be the new york city rhythm in my lifeoh, it's got to be the new york city rhythm in my life, in my life(city rhythm, oo, city rhythm, oo, city rhythm, oo, city rhythm, oo)when i'm out (city rhythm) for love or sin (oo)oh, it's good to be in townin the funky (city rhythm) dives on the old west side (oo)there's always somethin' goin' downyes, i live my life with strangersand the danger's always therebut when i hit broadway and it's time to playya know that i don't careit's the new york city rhythm runnin' thru' my life (city rhythm)the poundin' beat of the city streets that keeps my dreams alivei'm lost (i'm lost), i'm found (i'm found)i'm up (i'm up), i'm down, (i'm down) but somehow i surviveit's got to be the new york city rhythm in my lifeoh, it's got to be the new york city rhythm in my life, in my life(city rhythm, oo, city rhythm)< latin-style instrumental interlude backed with (nueva york, nueva york, nueva york, nueva york, nueva york, nueva york, nueva york, nueva york, nueva york, nueva york, nueva york, nueva york ooh!)>(city rhythm, oo, city rhythm, oo) and more scat to endtranscribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.